- (a) End stage renal dialysis centers shall comply with the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Healthcare Safety Network, “End Stage Renal Dialysis (ESRD) Event” protocol, (January 2019 edition), available as noted in Appendix A at http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/pdfs/pscmanual/8pscdialysiseventcurrent.pdf, when submitting ESRD data.
- (b) End stage renal dialysis centers shall report positive blood cultures.
- (c) End stage renal dialysis centers shall monitor for positive blood cultures all 12 calendar months and shall report data on positive blood cultures quarterly via NHSN.
(d) End stage renal dialysis centers shall provide data within 60 days of the close of each quarter to NHSN, as follows:
- (1) Quarter 1 data, from January 1st to March 31st, shall be reported on or before May 30th;
- (2) Quarter 2 data, from April 1st to June 30th, shall be reported on or before August 29th;
- (3) Quarter 3 data, from July 1st to September 30th, shall be reported on or before November 29th; and
- (4) Quarter 4 data, from October 1st to December 31st, shall be reported on or before March 1st of the following calendar year.
Source. #12943, eff 12-11-19; renumbered by #13282, INTERIM (formerly He-P 309.10) (see Revision Note at part heading for He-P 309)